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Statu Quo on tour
Théâtre la Seizième presents award-winning play Statu Quo by Gilles Poulin-Denis at Vancouver’s Studio 16 on Saturday, March 15, 2014 at 7pm. This performance is the first step of a national tour that will lead Statu Quo’s team to 4 different provinces and 1 territory, from Quebec to Yukon. Tickets ($5-10) for the Studio 16’s performance are available by phone at 604.736.2616.
Marie-Claire Marcotte in Statu Quo. Photo by Emily Cooper
At the heart of the play is Sarah, a young woman on the verge of finishing high school in a town that’s just a little too quiet. For her friend Adèle, the future seems simple, but Sarah, on the other hand, can’t seem to find her way. What position could she occupy in a society that’s so… so boring? Until she meets Simon, who is a perfect stranger. Confronted by this one-of-a-kind military brat, Sarah starts slowly documenting the nothing that is her town. An exercise that leads her to uncover unknown facets of her surroundings and her own identity.
Originally from Saskatoon, Gilles Poulin-Denis has been living in Vancouver since 2010. A finalist for a Governor General’s Award, his first play, Rearview, was presented on more than 50 occasions across Canada. The playwright also worked under Wajdi Mouawad during Wajdi’s four-year tenure at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa. Statu Quo is the first time he writes for a teenage audience. This work earned him the Sydney Risk Prize for Outstanding Original Script by an Emerging Playwright at the 2013 Jessie Richardson Awards. Also nominated for their work on the production are Craig Holzschuh (Outstanding Artistic Creation), Marie-Claire Marcotte (Outstanding Performance), Julie Martens (Outstanding Design) and Corwin Ferguson (Outstanding Design).
Statu Quo will be performed 25 times from March 15 to May 7. Its 12000 km journey will have stops at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa (ON), at the Festival Rencontre théâtre Ados in Laval (QC), at the Cercle Molière in Winnipeg (MB), and at the Yukon Arts Centre in Whitehorse (YT).
Tickets ($5-10) for Vancouver’s performance are available by phone at 604.736.2616.
